At a glance
| Pontiac Firebird | Porsche 924 | |
|---|---|---|
| Model years in the US safety record | 1981–2002 | 1982–1988 |
| Licensed in the United Kingdom | 455 | 903 |
| On the road in the Netherlands | 1,046 | 1,062 |
| In traffic in Finland | 667 | — |
EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).
Reliability and problems
| Pontiac Firebird | Porsche 924 | |
|---|---|---|
| New York safety inspections failed | 0.8% | — |
| … against cars of the same year | −38% | — |
| Illogical odometer records (NL) | 53.9% | — |
| US owner complaints | 586 | 4 |
| Most complaints about | Service brakes, hydraulic | Fuel system, gasoline |
| Model year with most complaints | 1995 (84) | 1987 (2) |
| US recall campaigns | 20 | 3 |
| Manufacturer service bulletins | 1,305 | 215 |
| NHTSA defect investigations | 56 | 1 |
Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).
Fuel, emissions and price
| Pontiac Firebird | Porsche 924 | |
|---|---|---|
| Official combined fuel use, Canada | 11.3 l/100 km (2002) | — |
| Average odometer in Finland | 113,000 km | — |
Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).